The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-23

Radbourn says he will not play ball next season
Pitcher Wedman will be with the New York club
next
shreve Gardner and Moffett have gone to their
respective homes.
Won der Abe has signed Hoover and Kenyon, catch
ers, both of the Des Moines team.
1t cost Oshkosh $40. 900 to win the Northwestern
championship and the Spalding trophy.
The Indianapolis club played at Logansport yester-
day. defeating the Logan Stars by score of seven to
won thirty.two of the fortyfv games in which he
pitched
Burdock, Of the Boston Club, says that not only
clubs in the League can do the same thing.
1t is very likely that at the meeting of the National
League the credit of base hit base on balls will
be done away with in next seasons code of rules.
Detroit every series of games in the League
except against Chicago the Whites winning the
with Pittsourg.
The poorest base-runners of the in the
League pitchers keefe: Getzein, Casey. McCor-
mick Morris, WEIGH, Maui, Healy. Shaw, Gilmore
and Stemmeyer.
The Cuban Giants yesterday defeated the Gncin
the battery for the Giants, and Hart aud Bald
win were the Reds pitcher and catcher:
Young Devlin, the left-handed pitcher. whose prn-
cipal work has been done for the Phadelphias, has
been secured by Won der Abe for next years service
the Browns. He was released by the Phllies be-
cause they had four crack pitchers without hira.
Shomberg has been presented by A. G.. Spaulding
with the cellulod bat and plush box offered prize
member Of the INDIANAPOLIS club attaining the
highest batting average. Glasscock and Seery
each presented sday two ago with gold Elk
badge, set with diamonds.
President Stearns. of the Detroit Base Ball Club,
said reporter in New York yesterday that unless
the League changes its constitution at the next
ing give the visiting club percentage of the
gate receipts the Detroit Club will forfeit fran
chse and join the american Association
1t Is said gooc many young PLAYERS refuse to join
big they afraid of the old clioues
the mines. who would not give them fair show. The
Boston management want Duffy, of the Lowels, and
would pay him good salary TO sign in Boston, but
Duffy shts shy. The clever Lowell hitter claims he
wouldn't get a fair show in Boston
Neage, the pitcher who fourshed with the old
Alleghenys during the days of Taylor Drscoll Dick
erson Hays Battin and Dreamer is at present in the
Employ of the Allegheny County Light Company He
forced to retire from the pitcher box account
of a lame During part of this season he played
outied position with the Macon, Ga, team. He
expects to join the small army of twlrlers again In
1888.
Boston Herald The Washingtons willing to
inter the American Association place Of Brooklyn
ana allow the latter to so into the League. This
would be advantageous TO Washington. as it will re-
store the 25-eent tariff and stir up interest in
games with Baltimore that does not now exist One
San easily imagine the rivalry between New York and
Brooklyn with the latter in the League 1t only re-
mains for Byrne to make the right sort of prop
esition to Washington
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch: IT i. hard to recon
.i!e the apologies for the Browns poor play
Ing made by their st. Louis admirers with state
ments from New York papers that not only the
.ity red the other night and that the champions were
up at Philadelphia until 3 o'clock a. M when they
took train for Washington. The desperate attempts
10 make il appear that the fates against the
Browns resolve themselves practically into the as
sertion that good physical condition is not necessary
10 success in balplaying